Comparative analysis of function and interaction of transcription factors in nematodes: Extensive conservation of orthology coupled to rapid sequence evolution

Table 1 GO term-based searches of TF genes in C. elegans.

GO ID	Term	TF genes	Unique
0003700	Transcription Factor activity	614	6
0043565	DNA binding, sequence specific	515	6
0003677	DNA binding	858	352
0030528	Transcription regulator activity	75	9
0006355	Regulation of transcription, DNA dependent	768	78
0045449	Regulation of transcription	199	19
0000122	Negative regulation of transcription from RNA pol II promoter	8	4
004544	Positive regulation of transcription from RNA pol II promoter	24	10

The table lists numbers of all TF genes as well as those uniquely identified by each of the terms.

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